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Man on Red Stairs

The red stairs at Duffy Square sit on top of the TKTS booth on Broadway. I was hoping to climb up and take a few shots early this morning, but they were not open yet. A couple of workers were cleaning them in the freezing wind. I took my gloves off for a few minutes to get the shot, and my hands were stinging when I was done. Every time I pass the stairs at night, I give up after seeing the long line of people waiting to climb them. I think they should get a bunch of these guys in the red coveralls and a Marilyn Monroe lookalike to do a classic dance number up there… somebody get to work on that.

It’s cold

Steaming Manhole Cover, NYC
Steaming Manhole Cover, NYC

I’ve been in a little bit of a photo taking slump… but now that the holidays are over, I’m going to get back in the groove. As I was walking to work, I saw somebody walk through the steam coming out of this manhole cover. I waited and waited to get a similar cool shot, but nobody wanted to walk through again. I was starting to ice over, so I gave up and took some shots of cars going by. Not the cool shot I was going for, but what can you do.